Nassif: Caldrea raised roughly $800,000 in its initial seed round
Monica Nassif · Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day: Monica Nassif · Feb 17, 2025 · at 37:23
Monica Nassif, founder of Caldrea and Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day, describes securing initial seed funding for Caldrea through early angel investors.
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“We raised about 800,000 the first round from a whole variety of investors”
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